The General's Wife Becomes a Legend Through Farming

[Marriage first, love later / hilarious and sweet romance / System farming / power fantasy / both leads are each other's only partner. This story isn't very well written and has lots of flaws, so read with caution.]

When Cheng Shujun opens her eyes, she has become a failed candidate in the imperial selection. The Emperor casually marries her off, sending her far away to the borderlands. Her husband is a famous general of the northern frontier who always wears a cold expression.

In this wretched place, going hungry three days out of nine is the norm. All she can see in the distance is an endless desert, with no way home.

At her moment of despair, a System called [Life on the Frontier] forcibly binds itself to her. She must turn this barren land into a paradise, or she can forget about ever returning home.

Cheng Shujun gazes at the endless yellow sands, entirely undaunted. She rolls up her sleeves and gets to work.

She builds an earthen wall behind the military camp and puts up the first crude greenhouse. When out-of-season green shoots push through the soil, the fresh vegetables cause a sensation throughout the border garrison.

General Xie stares at the thriving greenery and remains silent for a long time.

Displaced border folk throw down their knives, pick up hoes, and gather around her. "Madam, can we farm with you?"

The desert gradually turns green, and the trade routes reopen. Grassland herders arrive with sheep and horses, honoring her as a god by the name of "Kuoerhan." Her once-cold husband's love grows deeper and more fervent by the day, turning him into a hopelessly jealous man.

The enemy nation's starving warhorses charge across the border and lower their heads to eat the improved pasture grass she cultivated. Before their armies, the enemy nation's haughty and arrogant khan kneels before her in sincere admiration and says, "Madam, please give us seeds and take us under your wing!"

Years later, the desert has become a chain of lush oases. Caravans travel the post roads without end, and the borderlands know no more fires of war.

|Bonus scene|

One day, General Xie once again sends away a tribal envoy who has come to see her, his face set in a stern expression.

Cheng Shujun says unhappily, "You're jealous again."

General Xie makes an excuse. "They're too noisy. They'll disturb your rest."

"But they were praising me."

"That's no good either." He pulls her closer, his jealous streak flaring up again. "You smiled, and they couldn't take their eyes off you."

"..."

Theme: Women's wisdom builds a home